Online Events
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Coffee Hours Spring 2024
Friday, Feb 16 @ 12 pm (EST)
Making the Most of Mentoring
The coffee hour will include discussion & sharing of resources for building your mentoring map, aligning expectations, and developing mentoring compacts.Tuesday, March 5 @ 4 pm (EST)
Celebrating Women’s History Month
WiCS+ welcomes David Rosenbaum UC-Riverside for a brief dive into some individual histories in our field. Tentatively titled, "You shouldn't have to be a hero to be a scientist." the presentation will include Luisa Galvani, Charles Turner, and Margaret Wooster, among others. If your response to this list is "Who????," the talk and ensuing discussion should prove interesting. -
Spring 2024 Writing Groups
Spring 2024 Drop-In Writing Groups will be held from mid-January to mid-May. The sessions will start week of January 15, 2024.
Mondays: 1:00-3:00pm EST / 19:00-21:00 CEST
Tuesdays: 9:00-11am EST / 15:00-17:00 CEST
Thursdays: 10:00-12:00pm EST / 16:00-18:00 CESTPlease register using the link below.
SPOTLIGHT > Read how a writing group helped PhD student Melinda Sabo “Writing Together: A PhD’s Guide to Success”
Upcoming Events
Creating Connections:
An introduction to the Alda Method
Friday, March 29, 2024 | From 2:00pm (ET)
Live online version: 1-2 hours
Overview of event
Designed to introduce researchers to the principles of responsive listening & empathic communication, this interactive session allows participants to begin to experiment with techniques to build trust and engage others in science.
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
Understand how the Alda Method. supports effective science communication
Identify strategies to make messages memorable
Recognize jargon and understand when to use it
Use a 3-step process to develop a message
Project an engaging presence online or in person
This event will be funded by Kristi Multhaup's Boswell Family Fellowship and hosted by Women in Cognitive Science (WiCS+).
No cost to participate. We kindly ask you only register if you can commit to attending. Thank you
More details & link to attend will be sent closer to the date
Career Paths in Industry
Thursday, March 7, 2024 | 1:00-2:00pm (ET)
Zoom
The Society for Human Sentence Processing (HSP) is excited to announce an on-line workshop on:
Industry Career Paths with a Cognitive Science or Linguistics PhD
Are you working on (or already have) your PhD, thinking that maybe you don’t actually want to be a professor, and are wondering what career options exist in industry for people with your background? Join Rachel Ostrand, staff research scientist at IBM Research, and Brendan Tomoschuk, senior data scientist at Cruise, to talk about various industry job roles that can be a good fit for cognitive scientists and linguists. We’ll discuss skills that are useful to develop and highlight in a job application, tips for crafting an industry-appropriate resume, and how to search for industry jobs in the first place. Bring your questions!
Registration and zoom link:
Registration required. You will receive a confirmation with the zoom information.
For questions, contact languageproc@gmail.com
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